A MAN has admitted to assaulting a woman causing actual bodily harm and causing criminal damage to a mobile phone.

Dean James Lyon, of Bickershaw Lane, Leigh, appeared at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court.

Lyon, 34, indicated a guilty plea to assault occasioning bodily harm on a woman. He also pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to a mobile phone to the value of £120.

Lyon committed the offences between August 8 and 10.

The case has bene adjourned for a pre-sentence report.

Lyon has been remanded on bail until his sentencing date.

He is due to appear back at the court on Friday, September 25.